BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
06/08/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 6986 - THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (14-15) 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 9 3
Fukuoka Falcons (16-16) 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 X 7 13 3
Thrilling Victory Pushes Falcons Win Streak to 5
The Fukuoka Falcons withstood an impressive performance by Osaka catcher Kousei Ota to defeat the Sailors, 7-6, at Fukuoka Stadium. Ota went 2-5 with a home run. He drove in 4 runs and scored once. Fukuoka reliever Kikaku Uchida picked up the win to move to 1-0. Takatsugu Miyamoto suffered the loss. The Falcons have now won 5 straight.

Yuigo Fukunaga was 1 for 3. He drove in 2 runs and scored once against the Sailors. With the game tied in the bottom of the eighth inning, he hit a sacrifice fly that put Fukuoka in front, 7-6.

"We'll keep playing hard and let the chips fall where they may," said Fukuoka manager Horace Jackson.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Sawada CF 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 .462 0 0
K. Ota C 5 1 2 4 0 1 3 .386 5 20
K. Shirai 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .292 5 28
Y. Ishikawa 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .271 7 24
   a-F. Nakasone PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 7 26
A. Kaneshiro RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 .242 5 21
F. Anderson LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .152 1 3
   b-I. Kaneda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 1 2
O. Nishimura 2B 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .207 1 5
G. Smith SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .248 4 14
Y. Goto P 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .176 0 0
   T. Miyamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 38 6 9 6 4 6 17      
a - F. Nakasone pinch ran for Y. Ishikawa in the 9th
b - I. Kaneda pinch hit for F. Anderson in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: K. Ota (5, 4th Inning off N. Yamazaki, 3 on, 2 outs) , A. Kaneshiro (5, 5th Inning off N. Yamazaki, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Sawada 2 , K. Ota 5 , K. Shirai , Y. Ishikawa 2 , A. Kaneshiro 4 , G. Smith
2-out RBI: K. Ota
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Shirai , I. Kaneda , Y. Goto
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Sawada 2 (8) , F. Nakasone (16) , O. Nishimura (3)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Shirai (4) , G. Smith (9) , Y. Goto (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Nakayama 2B, SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 .281 8 21
K. Sakai RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 1 3
A. Otani CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 7 .274 7 22
Y. Fukunaga LF 3 1 1 2 0 0 8 .290 6 21
T. Kanemura 1B 5 1 1 2 0 0 8 .316 4 8
J. Murakami 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .223 3 17
M. Morioka C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .283 5 17
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
   a-T. Nakanishi PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .336 0 8
   R. Suga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N. Yamazaki P 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .105 0 1
   K. Uchida P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   b-N. Katagiri PH, 2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 3 15
Totals 36 7 13 7 0 4 30      
a - T. Nakanishi pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 8th
b - N. Katagiri pinch hit for K. Uchida in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: J. Murakami (3, 6th Inning off Y. Goto, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Kanemura (4, 7th Inning off Y. Goto, 1 on, 2 outs) , M. Morioka (5, 8th Inning off Y. Goto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: G. Nakayama 2 , K. Sakai 2 , A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga , T. Kanemura 4 , J. Murakami 4 , M. Morioka 5 , T. Nakanishi , N. Yamazaki , K. Uchida
2-out RBI: T. Kanemura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Kanemura 4
Sac Bunt: G. Nakayama , K. Sakai , N. Katagiri
Sac Fly: Y. Fukunaga 2
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Fukunaga (6)

FIELDING
Errors: G. Nakayama (9) , T. Kanemura (2) , Y. Ueda (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Fukunaga-Morioka)
OF assists: 1 (Fukunaga(Ota at home))
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Goto 7.0 11 5 4 0 4 3 107 3.91   
T. Miyamoto L (1-3), BS (7) 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 15 9.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Goto 41
Batters Faced: Y. Goto 34, T. Miyamoto 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Goto 9-9, T. Miyamoto 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Goto 107-69, T. Miyamoto 15-12
WP: Y. Goto 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Yamazaki 5.2 7 6 1 4 3 2 119 4.28   
K. Uchida W (1-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 35 0.00   
R. Suga SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Yamazaki 40
Batters Faced: N. Yamazaki 29, K. Uchida 9, R. Suga 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Yamazaki 7-6, K. Uchida 3-1, R. Suga 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: N. Yamazaki 119-76, K. Uchida 35-22, R. Suga 10-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Uchida 1-0
WP: K. Uchida
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kousei Ota
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 4:05 PM JST
Time: 3:38
Attendance: 24470
Special Notes: Rain delay of 37 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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